Abbey of Deer Platform railway station

Abbey of Deer Platform was a small railway station on the branch line from Maud to Peterhead in the Scottish county of Aberdeenshire.[3]

Abbey of Deer Platform
LocationMaud, Aberdeenshire
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyLondon and North Eastern Railway
Key dates
1932[1]opened
1938[2]closed

History

The station was opened by the London and North Eastern Railway.[4] It was built to serve the needs of pilgrims visiting the nearby Roman Catholic Abbey and was not an advertised stop. Opening and closing dates are not recorded however it was actively used in the 1930s and 1940s.[5]

It was the shortest platformed halt on the old Great North of Scotland Railway system and was a single wooden railway sleeper depth and length only, accessed by steps down from the adjacent road over bridge.[5] By 1954 it had been fenced off at the platform edge and access steps.[5]

The line itself closed to passengers in 1965 and freight in 1970.[6]

Services
Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Maud
Line and station closed		   London and North Eastern Railway
   Mintlaw
Line and station closed

References

Notes
  1. Passenger Railway Stations by M.Quick
  2. Passenger Railway Stations by M.Quick
  3. RAILSCOT
  4. Butt 1995, p. 11.
  5. Graham Maxtone (2018). Then and Now on the Great North. Vol.1. Great North of Scotland Railway Association. p. 79.
  6. Vallance 1991, Appendix 3.

Sources
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Maxtone, Graham (2018). Then and Now on the Great North vol 1. Great North of Scotland Railway Association. ISBN 978-0902343-30-6.
  • Vallance, H. A. (27 June 1991). Great North of Scotland railway. The History of the Railways of the Scottish Highlands vol 3. David St John Thomas. ISBN 978-0-946537-60-0.
  • RAILSCOT on Formartine and Buchan Railway


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